Dave McNally takes in the sights and sounds of WOMEX 24 in Manchester, including Ireland’s Clare Sands, Ríoghnach Connolly fronting local legends Honeyfeet and compelling, energetic singer Gladys Samba leading the exhilarating collective, Les Mamans du Congo.
Zachary Lucky’s ‘The Wind’ is in the classic mould of an Americana troubadour album – it’s up there with the best, alongside Guy Clark, Tom Rush, and Townes Van Zandt.
Richard Dawson announces his new album ‘End of the Middle’ and shares his lead single ‘Polytunnel’, the video for which was filmed at several allotments…a beautiful tribute to these communal, alternative spaces.
On 26th October, Jerron Paxton made an impressive BBC Television debut on ‘Later…with Jools Holland’. He was interviewed by Jools and performed two songs, including ‘What’s Gonna Become of Me’, from his new album on Smithsonian Folkways, ‘Things Done Changed’.
Dance of Love feels like it could turn out to be Tucker Zimmerman’s Basement Tapes. Everything about it is fresh and spontaneous, music made on its own terms but with a spirit of collaborative generosity.
The shortlisted nominees for the Scots Trad Music Awards 2024 are revealed including Ryan Young, Project Smok, Laura Jane Wilkie, Malin Lewis, Kinnaris Quintet and many more.
Our latest Monday Morning Brew Playlist features music from Zea, Paper Jays, Brigid Mae Power, Sam Amidon, Trá Pháidin, 137, The Wickies, Aldous Harding, Bridget Hayden, Lou Turner, Shannon Lay, Ron Sexsmith, Iron & Wine, Martha O’Brien.
With so many artists trying to recreate the spirit and songs of old-time country, who would have thought that Shetland-born Malachy Tallack’s ‘The Beautiful Atlantic Waltz’ would be one of the year’s best and most authentic sounding?
Samana share a live video performance of Two Wrongs and announce a special November Tour – an all-artist curated event run by their imprint, The Road Records, described as a spiritual, shamanic experience and service of healing than that of just a musical performance.
Belfast-based folk singer-songwriter Joshua Burnside announces his newest album, “Teeth of Time” out February 28th via Nettwerk and shares latest double A-side ‘Ghost of the Bloomfield Road / Good for One Thing’.
If her debut announced her as a distinctive new Americana voice, Deep Feeler, with its conflicted raw emotions, simple but effective melodies and imagery, reinforces Liv Greene as being one of the brightest stars in the genre’s constellation.
With ‘How Much Is Enough Volume One’, Iain Matthews delivers another immersive and engaging album from someone who has proven himself a consummate craftsman time and time again, far more than just the ripple in the stream he modestly calls himself.
